St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

ton, said delegates to be elected by the state
OF territorial alliance at their annual meeting
ana their credentials shall be signed by the
secretary of said state or territorial alliance
Inc officers of the National alliance shall be
enIitled to one vote each.
The place of meeting shall be determined
by lhe alliance i'll council session, and the
i Saii ior SAID meeting is to be published in not
less than three papers favorable to the al
nance principles, and q COPY to be sent to the
secretary of each state alliance.
rms constitution may be amended at any
regular meeting by o-thirds vote.
;, Inc following delegates represented
the different states at this convention:
Minnesota. Canning, J. ]. Furlong, It.
d. TOombs, w. Fl. Dunbar, II. FL. Schran,
Jonas Haney, A. D. Roe, j. A. Swan, Eric
Johnson, e. FL. Atwood, s. Duncan, d. W.
ah nixon, d. M. McOmber, j. A; Swain, =.
Quinn, M. Cutler, H. S. Lillmon, T. c. Hodg-
son, A. WALL Eric Olson. Delegates at large
L. ii. Barrett and j. Diamond.
Nebraska-J. w. Burrows.
Dakota-H. l.. Louks, j. W. Hardin, A.
Wardell and A. D. Chase.
Wisconsin,. w. Tobey and Il. G. Con-
stance.
Illinois-Milton George, A. J. Streeter, D.
w: Wood and l.. A. Whiting.
Iowa-August Post, Jessie Kennedy, N. B.
Ashby and William Cummings.
The officers elected were as follows: Pres
1dent, Jay w. Burrows; vice president, Lo.
renzo d. Whiting; secretary, August Post;
treasurer, John j. Furlong, and lecturer,
AlbanD ID. Cease.
PEN SKETCHES.
The delegates were nearly all men in
or past middle life. There were less
than half dozen under the age of thir-
ty-five. Probably the oldest man in the
convention was Lorenzo d. Whiting,
who was elected vice president. He is
farmer and lives in Bureau county,
Illinois. He has thick, bushy gray hair
and heavy gray beard, which covers
most of his face. His forehead is broad
and high and Vulnerable wrinkles sur
round his kindly blue eyes. He is a
good talker and is well posted Oh the
topics of the day. He was member OF
the last constitutional convention and
has been elected seven times to the leg
islature, twice to the house and five
times to the senate: Ex-president AL
son j. Streeter is farmer and lives in
Mercer county, Illinois. He is large,
thick-Set man with white chin whiSkers
and white hair. He has been quite ac-
tive in politics and has served in both
branches of the legislature, where he
was one of the leaders in the granger
movement against the railroads, which
has regulated the freight tariffs in Hi
nolS. He was rendered a reelection by
the alliance, but absolutely refused the
honor. as he is a firm believer in the one
term system, which he hopes to see
adopted in the national alliance.
August Post, the new secretary, is a
FARMER and very successful breeder OF
stock. He lives in Appanoose county,
Iowa. He has a good face and long
Dundreary whiSkers, and looks more
like clergyman than a granger He
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cation of local alliances, and has been
the lecturer of the Iowa State alliance
since 1882. He was one of the ablest
delegates in the convention, and what
he said was concise and to the point.
j. W. TObey, of Winnebago county,
Wisconsin, is about fifty years of age,
but does not look older than many men
do at the age of thirty-five. He is car
penter by trade, but for some years has
followed the avOcatiOn of farmer and
stock raiser. He was elected to the
legislature last tall on the Union Farm
ers' alliance and K. of l.. ticket, and
polled large proportion of the votes
in the district. He formerly served one
term as mayor of Neenah, Wis. He is
more of a listener than talker, but
when he speaks he generally speaks to
the point and says what he wants to in
very few words.
Jesse Kennedy sometimes called DR..
Kennedy is a farmer and lives in Ida
county, Iowa. He is large man with
short irOn-gray beard, black eyes and
thin gray hair. He owneS large farm
near Ida Grove. He is an eloquent
speaker and has mixed in politics con-
siderably. He took an active part in
the passage of the prohibition bill and
helped organize the movement which
caused congress to pass the oleomarga-
rine law.
j. W. Burrows, the new president, is
farmer and lives in Gage county, Neb,
He is small man, with gray hair and
beard, and is of a nervous temperament.
He has followed the avocation of a
farmer all his life, and has been promi-
nent in alliance matters since their ORR
gin. He is ready speaker and is well
posted, and there is no doubt but what
the alliance has made good selection.
Milton George lives in Chicago, where
he publishes the Western Rural, an ag-
ricultural paper, and looks after large
farm in Cook county. He was one of
the officers of the first alliance organ
lied, and has been prOminentin alliance
matters since the beginning.
John j. Furlong, the new treasurer,
lives in Mower county, Minnesota. He
is president of the Farmers Fire and
Hail Insurance company, and was
elected to the last legislature On the
alliance ticket.
Alban D. Chase, the new lecturer, is
farmer living in Codington county,
Dakota. His beard and hair are nearly
white. He is a man of ideas and deep
thinker, and has a frank, manly way of
speaking. He has been remarkably
successful as an organizer in Dakota,
and is the lecturer of the Dakota alli-
ance at the present time.
The leaders in the Minnesota delega-
ton appeared to be T. III. Barrett, Eric
Olson and d. w. Hixon, and it was
through their efforts that the constitu-
ton was revised.